diff --git a/pkg/nfd-master/node-updater-pool_test.go b/pkg/nfd-master/node-updater-pool_test.go
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+/*
+Copyright 2023 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package nfdmaster
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	. "github.com/smartystreets/goconvey/convey"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/mock"
+	k8sclient "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery/pkg/apihelper"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/node-feature-discovery/pkg/generated/clientset/versioned/fake"
+)
+
+func newMockNodeUpdaterPool(nfdMaster *nfdMaster) *nodeUpdaterPool {
+	return &nodeUpdaterPool{
+		nfdMaster: nfdMaster,
+		wg:        sync.WaitGroup{},
+	}
+}
+
+func TestNodeUpdaterStart(t *testing.T) {
+	mockHelper := &apihelper.MockAPIHelpers{}
+	mockMaster := newMockMaster(mockHelper)
+	mockNodeUpdaterPool := newMockNodeUpdaterPool(mockMaster)
+
+	Convey("When starting the node updater pool", t, func() {
+		mockNodeUpdaterPool.start(10)
+		q := mockNodeUpdaterPool.queue
+		Convey("Node updater pool queue properties should change", func() {
+			So(q, ShouldNotBeNil)
+			So(q.ShuttingDown(), ShouldBeFalse)
+		})
+
+		mockNodeUpdaterPool.start(10)
+		Convey("Node updater pool queue should not change", func() {
+			So(mockNodeUpdaterPool.queue, ShouldEqual, q)
+		})
+	})
+}
+
+func TestNodeUpdaterStop(t *testing.T) {
+	mockHelper := &apihelper.MockAPIHelpers{}
+	mockMaster := newMockMaster(mockHelper)
+	mockNodeUpdaterPool := newMockNodeUpdaterPool(mockMaster)
+
+	mockNodeUpdaterPool.start(10)
+
+	Convey("When stoping the node updater pool", t, func() {
+		mockNodeUpdaterPool.stop()
+		Convey("Node updater pool queue should be removed", func() {
+			// Wait for the wg.Done()
+			So(func() interface{} {
+				return mockNodeUpdaterPool.queue.ShuttingDown()
+			}, withTimeout, 2*time.Second, ShouldBeTrue)
+		})
+	})
+}
+
+func TestRunNodeUpdater(t *testing.T) {
+	mockAPIHelper := &apihelper.MockAPIHelpers{}
+	mockMaster := newMockMaster(mockAPIHelper)
+	mockMaster.nfdController = newMockNfdAPIController(fake.NewSimpleClientset())
+	mockClient := &k8sclient.Clientset{}
+	mockNode := newMockNode()
+	mockNodeUpdaterPool := newMockNodeUpdaterPool(mockMaster)
+	statusPatches := []apihelper.JsonPatch{}
+	metadataPatches := []apihelper.JsonPatch{}
+
+	mockAPIHelper.On("GetClient").Return(mockClient, nil)
+	mockAPIHelper.On("GetNode", mockClient, mockNodeName).Return(mockNode, nil)
+	mockAPIHelper.On("PatchNodeStatus", mockClient, mockNodeName, mock.MatchedBy(jsonPatchMatcher(statusPatches))).Return(nil)
+	mockAPIHelper.On("PatchNode", mockClient, mockNodeName, mock.MatchedBy(jsonPatchMatcher(metadataPatches))).Return(nil)
+
+	mockNodeUpdaterPool.start(10)
+	Convey("Queue has no element", t, func() {
+		So(mockNodeUpdaterPool.queue.Len(), ShouldEqual, 0)
+	})
+	mockNodeUpdaterPool.queue.Add(mockNodeName)
+	Convey("Added element to the queue should be removed", t, func() {
+		So(func() interface{} { return mockNodeUpdaterPool.queue.Len() },
+			withTimeout, 2*time.Second, ShouldEqual, 0)
+	})
+}